Looking ahead to next July
So when we observe the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing next year, what will you recall?
A) I was just praying they would be able to get home.
B) I had not been born yet.
C) I was still maintaining a rigorous schedule of burping up.
D) I was 14 and mostly thinking about sports and girls.
E) It was one of those rare uplifting moments when you knew you were sharing history-in-the-making.
F) I mistakenly thought "And this is just the beginning."
G) I was in Vietnam and wished I was up there with them instead.
H) I thought "This changes everything."
I) I was awed by their courage.
J) I never looked at the moon in the same way.
K) I was at the national Boy Scouts jamboree over in Idaho that week and I assumed we would all visit the moon eventually.
L) It made me walk outside and look up at the sky.
M) I remember that everyone had a look of amazement on their faces.
N) I remember my parents holding hands.
O) Other.